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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2617590" data-attributes="member: 12952">For readers who want to wallow in the emotion, examples can be found in this <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/paul-ryan-trumps-refugee-ban-does-not-target-muslims/2017/01/28/e0cf1fe4-e56e-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.d8ab1399726d" target="_blank">handy dossier of hysteria</a> compiled by the Washington Post. But clear-eyed adults prefer to examine plain facts about Trump’s executive order:1. It is NOT a “Muslim ban.”2. The order is based on security reviews conducted by President Barack Obama’s deputies3. The moratorium is largely temporary.4. Obama banned immigration from Iraq, and Carter banned it from Iran.5. Trump’s refugee caps are comparable to Obama’s pre-2016 practices6. The Executive Order is legal7. This Executive Order is a security measure, not an arbitrary expression of supposed xenophobia</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2617590, member: 12952"] For readers who want to wallow in the emotion, examples can be found in this [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/paul-ryan-trumps-refugee-ban-does-not-target-muslims/2017/01/28/e0cf1fe4-e56e-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.d8ab1399726d']handy dossier of hysteria[/URL] compiled by the [I]Washington Post. [/I]But clear-eyed adults prefer to examine plain facts about Trump’s executive order: [B]1. It is NOT a “Muslim ban.” 2. The order is based on security reviews conducted by President Barack Obama’s deputies 3. The moratorium is largely temporary. 4. Obama banned immigration from Iraq, and Carter banned it from Iran. 5. Trump’s refugee caps are comparable to Obama’s pre-2016 practices [B]6. The Executive Order is legal 7. This Executive Order is a security measure, not an arbitrary expression of supposed xenophobia [/B] [/B] [/QUOTE]

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